Hans van Manen
Dutch National Ballet
TranscenDanses
A festival celebrating Hans van Manen by the Dutch National Ballet from Amsterdam
Dates
ADAGIO HAMMERKLAVIER
Created for the Dutch National Ballet on 4 October 1973
Ludwig van Beethoven | music (Sonata for piano No. 29 op. 106)
Jean Paul Vroom | set design and costumes
Jan Hofstra | lights
SOLO Created for NDT 2 on 16 January 1997
Jean-Sébastien Bach | music (Partita No. 1 for solo violin BWV 1002)
Keso Dekker | set design and costumes
Joop Caboort | lights
FRANK BRIDGE VARIATIONS
for Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, created for the Dutch National Ballet on 18 March 2005
Benjamin Britten | music (Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge op. 10)
Keso Dekker | set design and costumes
Bert Dalhuysen | lights
5 TANGO'S
Created for the Dutch National Ballet on 3 November 1977
Astor Piazolla | music (Five Tango Sensations)
Jean Paul Vroom | set design and costumes
Jan Hofstra | lights
Recorded music
Anna Ol, Anna Tsygankova, Qian Liu, Olga Smirnova, Maia Makhateli, Jessia Xuan, Constantine Allen, Young Gyu Choi, Semyon Velichko, Giorgi Potskhishvili, Jacopo Tissi, Timothy van Poucke | soloists dancers
About
An evening celebrating Hans van Manen, one of the leading lights of neo-classical ballet in the 20th century by the dancers of the Dutch National Ballet, the company with which he was associated for over 40 years, and for which he choreographed numerous pieces which have subsequently been reprised by over 70 companies worldwide.
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